Omaha daily bee., 1887-08-06
ABAD DAY FOR The BOODLERS
The Jury Brings in Verdiots Against the
Eleven Defendants.
TWO KINDS OF PUNISHMENT.
Seven Given Two Years in the Pen,
While Four Are Let OF With
Fines OF One Thousand
Dollars.
All OF Them Found Guilty.

CHICAGO, August 5.-The last day OF the
great Doodle trial began this morning with
the court room jammed to suffocation with
people from nearly every class in the com
munity MIR. Sullivan, who made the closing
speech for the defendants, warned the jury
solemnly that it was not any part of their
duty to find whether these men were
the worst lot of commissioners Cook
county ever had. The single charge
was conspiracy together jointly to defraud
Cook county by false pretenses. If they
could not be found guilty. not simply of con
spiracy. but of conspiring together to defraud
by false pretenses, the jury taking heed OF
their oaths must not convict. After Sullivan
had finished his speech, States Attorney
Grinnell commenced his He commenced by
making a forcble statement of what the jury
should do lie denied the statements of
the opposing counsel that the jury should not
be influenced by public sentiment, The
people-upon all people, and
their sentiment is what produces
honest administration of our laws. With
that sentiment the laws are honestly admin
istered; without 1t everything is amiss
Grinnell then began recalling to the jury the
overwhelming evidence of corruption and
combination in the comfy board. His speech
occupied two hours preceding recess and was
mastery throughout.
After recess Judge Jameson read his in
structions to the jury. There was nothing in
them that differed materially from those usu-
ally given in conspiracy cases, the courts in
structions here being furnished jointly by
counsel of both sides according to law.
When the judge finished reading, the case
was at once given to the jury. The eleven
defendants were at once led to q room by
themselves and kept under watchful guard
The vast crowd remained seated showing no
inclination to leave. After a wait of an
hour and a half. Judge Jameson. .despairing
of an early verdict, ordered an adjournment
until $50. At that time the jury sent him
word that there was no prospect of an i'm.
mediate agreement and supper was sent
them.
About o'clock the information was re-
ceived that the jury had reached conclu-
sion. Instantly the court room was in a
commotion while the people in the corridors
expectation. The defendants filed in and
took their seats, and were quickly followed
by the jury. When the verdict was handed
in and the clerk announced one after an
ants seemed rooted to their chairs, the en-
bodyment OF despair. Then came the lists of
penalties.
commissioner McClaughey two years"
lutIc WAS IL SldIU VI pIioS uiluuR tue
| spectators. The extreme penalty OF the law
| was three years and fine OF $1,000. Nothing
| less had been expected oy the great majority
of those present.
commissioner Ochs, two years." read the
clerk, and the defendants began to look up;
Commissioners Leydeu, Van Pelt Wren and
| Wasserman and Warden Varnell all got two
years, and every one looked measuraby re.
lieved, except Wren. lie turned ashen and
| seemed utterly dazed. The crowd was now
| prepared for any surprise, and it came sud
denly in the statement commissioners
Mccarthy, Oliver. Casselman and Giis, a fine
| of $1,000"
A look of unmstakable exultation took
| possession of the cOuntenance of Buck
McCarthy, the burly commissioners, who had
| throughout the trial and for months previous
been the most conspicuously attacked of all
| the crowd. =,
| 81 move that the Jury be polled' shouted
the irrepressable Mccarthy. 1t was done
and Immediately those of the defendants
| who had escaped with fine were released
| on bail. The others were remanded to Jail.
| A motion for a new trial for every ore was
| quickly entered by the defendadtS' attorney,
| Alexander Sullivan, and then the crowd
melted away in wonder.